Actor Vladimir Mashkov
Photo: Vladimir VELENGURIN
They say that great actors are divided into two main categories: some completely dissolve into the role, each time appearing before the audience in an unexpected image, while others seem to crush the role themselves, offering the audience a seemingly new character. , but with unmistakable features. In Hollywood, this category includes titans like Robert De Niro, Al Pacino and Jack Nicholson; In Russia, the brightest representative of this style of acting is Mashkov. His heroes cannot be confused with anyone: strong men who know how to make difficult decisions and go to the end. At the same time, Vladimir Lvovich can easily, with one or two imperceptible touches, “mute” his powerful charisma and, instead of the cool macho we know from “Oligarch”, “The Thief” or “Piranha Hunt”, show an ordinary appearance . , even weak and confusing, while still being incredibly convincing.
“Komsomolskaya Pravda” warmly congratulates the hero of the day and recalls the brilliant stages of his creative biography.
Photo: Personal archive of Vladimir Mashkov.
Although Volodya was an artistic young man, he did not immediately enter the theater. And in the mid-80s they took a young man from Tula to the Novosibirsk Theater School only because there was a shortage of children on the course. Unfortunately, Vova did not live up to the teachers’ trust: the explosive guy was expelled for fighting. Later, for the same reason, the future star was expelled from the Moscow Art Theater School; Later, however, the Ruff student was still able to recover and receive a diploma.
Photo: Still from the movie “Do it once!”
The actor’s first notable work was his role in the film “Do It Once!” (1989) on the then-fashionable topic of “hazing.” Mashkov played Sergeant Shipov, a 100% scoundrel who terrorizes a young but proud soldier played by Yevgeny Mironov. The film became the first in a series of films, television series and performances (“Limita”, “The Idiot”, “The Piranha Hunt”, “The Passion of Bumbarash”), where the two main stars worked of post-Soviet cinema. together.
Photo: Frame from the movie “The Thief”
Pavel Chukhrai’s drama “The Thief” (1997) became iconic for Vladimir (in the frame with Ekaterina Rednikova). The film attracted attention abroad, was nominated for an Oscar and a Golden Globe, which aroused the interest of Western viewers and producers in the actor, who once again shone in a negative role (a criminal who poses as an official).
Photo: Frame from the film “Liquidation”
The series “Liquidation” (2007) owes much of its phenomenal success to Mashkov. Getting used to the role of Odessa detective David Gotsman, the actor spent almost a year in this city, adopting everything: speech, habits, gait. The television audience believed in Mashkov, which made “Liquidation” the ratings leader and secured the film numerous awards. The most expensive and unusual of them was the monument to David Gotsman, which appeared in Odessa a year after the premiere of the series.
Photo: Frame from the series “Grigory Rasputin”
The vicissitudes of acting fate: in 2014, Mashkov played Rasputin in the television series “Grigory R.”, and three years earlier, in the film “Rasputin”, he appeared in the image of Nicholas II. The lead role in that film was played by Gerard Depardieu, who had no idea how excellent of an old man his Majesty would turn out to be just a couple of years later.
Photo: Still from the movie “Mission: Impossible”
Mashkov can rightly be called the most famous Russian actor in the West. He starred in films starring Robert De Niro (“15 Minutes of Fame”), Gene Hackman (“Behind Enemy Lines”) and many other world celebrities. Well, the actor’s most striking role is, of course, the action movie Mission: Impossible. Phantom Protocol,” in which Mashkov’s character, FSB officer Sidorov, chases Tom Cruise’s character, thinking he blew up the Kremlin. This film, which grossed almost $700 million, also became the highest-grossing film in our artist’s career.
Photo: Vladimir FEDORENKO/RIA Novosti
The theater is a separate and extremely important page in the biography of Vladimir Lvovich. A student of the great Oleg Pavlovich Tabakov, back in the 90s he not only acted, but also gave performances on the stage of various theaters. It is not surprising that it was Mashkov who five years ago became artistic director of the Oleg Tabakov Theater (or simply “Tabakerka”, as it is usually called). In the photo, Vladimir Lvovich appears in the legendary play “The Sailor’s Silence”, which Tabakov staged in 1990, entrusting the young Mashkov with the role of Abram Schwartz. After 29 years, the performance returned to the public and Mashkov himself again appeared on stage in the image of Schwartz.
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